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Escalating vs Mounting - What's the difference?

escalating | mounting |

As verbs the difference between escalating and mounting

is that escalating is while mounting is .

As an adjective mounting is

that continues to mount; steadily accumulating.

As a noun mounting is

something mounted; an attachment.

escalating

English

Verb

(head)

    • mounting

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that continues to mount; steadily accumulating.
    • mounting debts

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something mounted; an attachment.
  • The act of one who mounts.
  • * 1834 , John Dunmore Lang, An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales
    • The stage we had now commenced was eighteen miles in length; but the frequent mountings and dismountings, to climb or to descend the rocky sides of the mountains, made it appear much longer.